Board Games

Phutball Phutball- Provides information on the network Philosopher's Football server, including rules and notation. Sensei's Library: Philosopher's Football Sensei's Library: Philosopher's Football- Provides information on the rules, strategy, and notation of the game. Phutball Phutball- Contains instructions for a play-by-email server. Phutball - Wikipedia Phutball - Wikipedia- Explains the origins, rules, and strategy of the game. Pachisi Pachisi- History and information. This is the national game of India. Ludoteka. Play parcheesi Ludoteka. Play parcheesi- Parcheesi game rules and a multiplayer online version of Parcheesi. Halma and Chinese Checkers Halma and Chinese Checkers- History and information. Glassmarbles Glassmarbles- Solid color marbles for sale used for board games like Chinese checkers. BellaOnline BellaOnline- Review by Megan Romer. Bailiwick Bailiwick- Review by Ken Tidwell. "This would make a great game for a family or a light gaming group." Backgammoned Backgammoned- Provides history, rules, common strategies, and articles. The Gammon Press The Gammon Press- Specializes in publishing books dedicated to backgammon. Also sells back issues of "Inside Backgammon", a magazine published from 1991 to 1998. Wikipedia – Backgammon Wikipedia – Backgammon- Encyclopedia article provides information about the history, rules, and basic strategy. GammonVillage GammonVillage- Play online, read the news, study the game, or shop for products such as boards, software, and accessories. Gammoned.com Gammoned.com- Including rules, where to play online, book reviews, a glossary, blunder analysis, expert matches, worldwide club list, and strategy tips. Backgammon Galore Backgammon Galore- Offers rules, glossary, newsgroup archive, software, articles, annotated matches, and a Java game. Accasta Yahoo! Group Accasta Yahoo! Group- Discussion forum for Accasta players. Accasta on Richard's PBeM Server Accasta on Richard's PBeM Server- Play Accasta per Email. Definitive Rules for Bao Definitive Rules for Bao- Written by Rob Nierse. The Netherlands is a hotbed of Bao playing due to the work of Alex de Voogt. (32 hole/64 seed mancala from Swahili Coast esp. Tanz… Game Pile Review Game Pile Review- A review of the 3M Bookshelf Game Twixt (1963). Twixt is a three dimensional version of an old pen and paper game. The object of the game is to build an uninterr… Uncrossed Knight Paths is NP-complete Uncrossed Knight Paths is NP-complete- Draft of a paper by Dominic Mazzoni and Kevin Watkins proving that finding paths in Twixt (i.e., whether it is still possible to win) is NP-… Programs to Play Twixt Programs to Play Twixt- Collection of information on game playing programs. Also features T1. Trax E-Mail Server Trax E-Mail Server- Play Trax by e-mail on Richard's play-by-email server. TRAX Resource Index TRAX Resource Index- Includes rules, reviews, software, and archived world championship games. Tantrix UK Ltd puzzles & games Tantrix UK Ltd puzzles & games- Tantrix is a collection of puzzles and an addictive award-winning strategy game played using attractive, colourful, hexagonal bakelite tiles. Tantrix Online Tantrix Online- Play Tantrix games or puzzles against real people or robot players. The Official Proton Home Page The Official Proton Home Page- Proton, the retro-futuristic, self-contained, abstract strategy PocketBoardGame for 1 or 2 players. Lines of Action Lines of Action- Features rules, variations, and problems. The game is related to Chess, Go, and Othello. Hexy Hexy- Features academic papers in PDF format and a Hex-playing program for Windows. Thomas Maarup: Hex Thomas Maarup: Hex- Documentation on history, classification, and complexity. Hex IAQ Hex IAQ- Answers to infrequently asked questions, by Bert Enderton. Hex page at Cox-TV Hex page at Cox-TV- Features printable Hex boards in PDF and PostScript formats, as well as rules and basic strategy. BoardGameGeek BoardGameGeek- User reviews, statistics, game rules in many different languages, and forums. Gess Gess- Gess (pronounced "guess") is a game for two players that was originally conceived by the Puzzles and Games Ring of the Archimedeans as a generalised form of chess. Rules of Checkers Rules of Checkers- Includes the rules of checkers along with a short history, some strategy and a bulletin board. BBC News: Computers Crack Famous Board Game BBC News: Computers Crack Famous Board Game- Details of the recently-discovered exhaustive solution to draughts, and the resulting computer program that can never lose a game. Science Magazine: Checkers Is Solved Science Magazine: Checkers Is Solved- Paper by Jonathan Schaeffer et. al. describing the exhaustive solution of the game by computers, with the result that perfect play by both si… World Draughts Federation World Draughts Federation- Presents statutes and regulations, federations and committees, and a history of the game. Danish Draughts Federation Danish Draughts Federation- Features a gallery of players, rules and strategies. The Checker Maven The Checker Maven- Articles, book reviews, news, tutorials, games, problems, and features. The American Checker Federation The American Checker Federation- Offers classes, tournament information, history, and news. Checkers Information at Board Game Central Checkers Information at Board Game Central- Information, book, and links about the game of Checkers, as well as software for Windows, Macintosh, and other platforms. About.com Checkers NetLinks About.com Checkers NetLinks- Annotated links to resources across the Web for checkers and draughts. Checkers & Draughts Checkers & Draughts- Checkers and Draughts, rules, champions, problems, famous players and positions. World Championship Matches. Little Polish Little Polish- Brazilian draughts program. Features an artificial intelligence to play against and game analysis. Alquerque - Wikipedia Alquerque - Wikipedia- History and rules of the game. The Alquerque Family of Games The Alquerque Family of Games- History, information, where to buy. Also known as Fanorona, Dama, Aracaby, and Damenspiel. Xiangqi Database Xiangqi Database- Xiangqi games database, events and player information. Xiexie's Xiangqi Page Xiexie's Xiangqi Page- Provides news and rules about Xiangqi and free download of Xiangqi software. An Introduction to Xiangqi for Chess Players An Introduction to Xiangqi for Chess Players- Xiangqi may be the most popular board game on Planet Three. It is a great game, but it is virtually unknown outside of China.